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April 3, 2026

Penn study: Blocking yeast-bacteria interaction may prevent severe biofilms that cause childhood tooth decay

Though most tooth decay can be blamed on bacteria, such as Streptococcus mutans, the fungus Candida albicans may be a...

Applying continuous airway pressure improves respiratory and survival rates in children

June 20, 2017 -- A study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and the Mailman School of Public Health...

Experts set out plan to tackle ‘questionable integrity’ of medical evidence

A plan to tackle "serious flaws in the creation, dissemination and implementation of medical evidence" is set out by experts...

Researchers developed nanoparticle based contrast agent for dual modal imaging of cancer

Credit: NANO Journal Researchers from PSG College of Technology, India have developed nano-contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as...

Older dads have ‘geekier’ sons

New King's College London research suggests that sons of older fathers are more intelligent, more focused on their interests and...

Losing train of thought or it’s hard to multi-task? You may be having one drink too many

June 20, 2017 -- Impairments in processing and using information that help with decision-making and planning simple tasks such as...

African plant extract offers new hope for Alzheimer’s

A plant extract used for centuries in traditional medicine in Nigeria could form the basis of a new drug to...

Grape-based compounds kill colon cancer stem cells in mice

Credit: Patrick Mansell Compounds from grapes may kill colon cancer stem cells both in a petri dish and in mice,...

Self-medication misuse is high in the Middle East

A new review indicates that there is a massive problem of self-medication misuse in the Middle East. The findings, which...

How ticks get a proper foothold

Credit: Copyright: Dagmar Voigt Ticks spend more than 90 percent of their up to three-year-long life starving and clambering around...

How often do youth with opioid use disorder get buprenorphine or naltrexone?

Dispensing buprenorphine and naltrexone to adolescents and young adults with opioid use disorder has increased over time, although the medications...

Possible enhanced pesticide absorption from fresh food via nanoemulsions

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientist David Julian McClements will lead a team that...

Combining immunotherapies effective against mouse model of cancer

Rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer made up of cells that normally develop into skeletal muscles, is the most common soft tissue cancer...

Medicaid expansion states saw ER visits go up, uninsured ER visits go down

Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON -- States that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (the ACA)...

Mixed conifer and beech forests grow more as they complement each other

On the other hand, the effect of growing in a mixed forest is less important for high competitive and shade-tolerant...

Financial incentives increased viral suppression in HIV-positive patients in care

Gift cards offered as financial incentives helped to increase viral suppression in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients in a community-based...

Six selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program at NAM

WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today named the 2017-2018 class of...

Chemistry of sea spray particles linked for first time to formation process

A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has identified for the first time what drives...

Clinical trial for a better treatment for mycetoma starts in Sudan

The first-ever double-blind, randomized clinical trial for an effective treatment for the severely neglected disease mycetoma has enrolled its first...

150-year records gap on Sulawesi ends with 5 new species in the world’s largest tree genus